Patients will be taking darunavir as per the dosing regimen given on product insert approved in Philippines.

Drug: No intervention

This is an observational study. Darunavir will be administered as per the recommended doses and will be given orally every 4 weeks for a period of 24 weeks. For treatment-naive and treatment-experienced adult patients with no darunavir resistance associated substitutions: Darunavir 800 mg will be administered with ritonavir 100 mg once daily with food. For treatment-experienced adult patients with at least one darunavir resistance associated substitution: Darunavir 600 mg will be administered with ritonavir 200 mg twice daily with food.

Detailed Description:

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center (study conducted at multiple sites), uncontrolled (all the patients receiving darunavir) clinical and observational study (study in which the investigators/physicians observe the patients and measure their outcomes) to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of darunavir for the treatment human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection among adult Filipino patients. The study will enroll 10 percentage of patient who would use the product, as a requirement of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients will be monitored from baseline and every 4 weeks thereafter for a period of 24 weeks. Safety evaluations for adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, physical examination, concomitant medications, and co-morbid conditions will be monitored throughout the study. The duration of treatment will be for 24 weeks and the total study will be conducted for 3 years.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will include adult Filipino patients who are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1), and who are eligible for darunavir (in combination with ritonavir) treatment.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1), and who are eligible for darunavir (in combination with ritonavir) treatment. These may be either: treatment-naive adult patients and treatment-experienced adult patients with no darunavir resistance associated substitutions; or treatment-experienced adult patients with at least one darunavir resistance associated substitution

Exclusion Criteria:

Known hypersensitivity to darunavir/ritonavir or to any of the components of the two agent preparations

Pregnant or breastfeeding females

Agrees to protocol-defined use of effective contraception

Patients taking medication that are highly dependent on Cytochrome P450 3A4 for clearance and for which initial concentrations are associated with serious and/or life threatening events

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01726348